Second Life, Part Two (Project Fest)
I entered Second Life today, probably at the expense of the Constitutional Law work sitting in front of me. It feels strange to be doing something so closely related to how I previously entertained myself, even if it is for a course.
On the syllabus there was scheduled a “Second Life Fest” for both the law and extension school students, apparently mandatory for the latter. I suppose I am not up to date on their altered syllabus, since there were not too many people there. Fortunately, I did run into a few ‘at-large’ participants who were interested in discussing the projects (although they had not done projects of their own) and was able to observe those portions and representations of ES projects that were stationed in Second Life. I viewed websites advocating warnings before an avatar enters a mature area, a project about Second Life, specifically Linden Labs owning the creations of the users.
The person who asked about my project had already seen the video, but I was able to discuss it more. I realized that my project was requiring a little too much in the way of explanation, and created a gateway page for entering the website and blog… I might have to refine it, but it forced me to state more clearly what I am trying to accomplish. I also altered the text on the “What Can I Do?” page of the site to reflect the aim, which is a very abstract goal of sheer awareness… More on that later.